Butterflies And Hurricanes · Muse

140 bars of 4/4 at 115 BPM, about 4:49 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Alternative / IndieProgressive90 to 119 BPMIntermediate
TEMPO
115 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
140
LENGTH
4:49
DIFFICULTY
69/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 19% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 41-45, 47-49 and 51-59 -- 18.5% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 115 BPM
BUTTERFLIES AND HURRICANES · BAR 42
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

8 fills to learn, played 16 times: bars 28, 36, 39, 40, 46, 50 and 10 more.

LOOP · 115 BPM
BAR 28 · LANDS ON BAR 29 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 115 BPM
BARS 39-40 · LANDS ON BAR 41 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 115 BPM
BAR 46 · LANDS ON BAR 47
LOOP · 115 BPM
BAR 50 · LANDS ON BAR 51 · PLAYED 2 TIMES

4 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

140 bars across 11 sections: 66 keep time, 16 are fills, 2 are stops and 48 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 78-88.

COUNT-IN
PART B
PART C
PART H
PART L
PART N
CHORUS
OUTRO
OUTRO 2
7 groovesS9LCHB+2Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Butterflies And Hurricanes?

115 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in sixteenth notes. The room plays it at any tempo from a quarter of that up to the written one, against the record where the record can follow.

Is Butterflies And Hurricanes hard to play on drums?

69 out of 100: demanding, mostly on the independence between the hands and the feet. The beat itself is 61 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

140 bars, about 4:49 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 35 exercises over 12 sittings, about 24 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in Butterflies And Hurricanes?

8 fills to learn, played 16 times: bars 28, 36, 39, 40, 46, 50 and 10 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 140 BARS ANALYSED
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